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discharged from the epidermis, leaving the_ skin fair and white as in Europeans. It 

 occurs in blotches on the bodies of some natives, but chiefly on the hands and feet 

 It is the incipient stage , which if sufficiently extended would make the native an Albino. 



Lam pat, to line a dam in the rivers with leaves, clay &c so as to close the apertures, 

 and by raising the surface of the water cause it to fiow into the canals of irrigation. 



Lampës, a plant growing wild , with leaves which , when bruised , 'smell like those of 

 Surawung , which see. Lampas is a small shrubby plant with fructification terminal to 

 the branches ; is of the family of Labitae , and most probably an Ocymum. See Selasi. 



L a m p i n g , the slope or inclination of a hill : a hill side. 



Lam pit, a rattan mat; a neat mat made of split rattans strung together. 



Lam por, said of the water which rises over the top of a dam in the rivers. 



Lampu, a lamp. Dutch and European generally. 



Lampung, the South end of Sumatra, bounding the straits of Sunda on the north. 



Lampuyang, a scitameneous plant . Zingiber Zerumbet. 



Lamun, if, in the case that, supposing. (Jav. idem. Balin. Lammi and Amun.) 



Lamur, dim- sighted, not seeing clearly- purblind. (Jav. idem.) 



Lanang, properly Javanese , but still occassionally used: male, masculine ; a man. 



Lanat, Arabic, a curse. Iblis lanat , the curse of the devil; an ofïhand expression telling 

 a man he is lyiri'g. ,?.'.°', 



J ° (<U;sJ) 



Lancha, a spider. Ramat lancha , a cob-web. 



Lancha-maung, literally the Tiger spider, a tarantula, the bite of which is venomous. 



Lanchar, divided, split as in numbers. 



Lanchëuk, the oldest child of a family; the oldest brother or sister of a lot of children. 



Lanchongan, having an itching desire to move about; always in motion and prying every 



where. 

 Landak, a porcupine. Hystrix longicauda, Hystrix fasciculata. 

 Landéan, the head of a kris; the handle of a kris. (Jav. ^^«1^ Landèyan, handle 



of a spear or of a kris.) 



Lando, below, lower ground, a lower relative position. The converse of Tonggo which 

 see. Di lando , down the hill , below where we stand. 



Landung, long, lengthy, particularly said of anything which looks long when hung up. 

 Pare na landung, the paddy is long in the ear (when held up in bundels). Ulah lair , 

 ulali landung , D'ont let it be pendulous or dangling long. These two expressions con- 

 vey nearly the same idea. (Jav. \njiarh\ Landung, extended, lengthy.) 



CaJo 



Lang, a shallow basket for carrying Sëurëuh leaves to market, or other articles of mer- 



chandise. 

 Langganan, a constant customer, or a person who constanly supplies any article at a 



fixed rate or on fixed terms. Langganan béas , a person who is in the habit of supply- 



ing us 'with rice or to whom we regularly sell rice. 

 Langgar, to attack , to assail ; to encroach upon , to interfere with ; to break a law or re- 



gulation, (Jav. Mal. idem.) 



